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Trafficking in persons
is the fastest growing transnational criminal activity in
the world and the Caribbean region is not an exception.
This is according to Fernando Garcia-Robles, Coordinator of
the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit of the Organization of
American States (OAS) Department of Public Security.
Garcia-Robles made the statement at the beginning of a
training course in St. Vincent, aimed at strengthening the
capacity of law enforcement officials, judges and
prosecutors in the Caribbean to identify and combat
trafficking in persons especially women and children.
Garcia-Robles said that today, trafficking in persons is
considered as a form of modern slavery and a complete
violation of human rights, including but not limited to,
force sexual exploitation, exploitation of labour, sex
tourism, exploitation by begging, forced domestic services,
illegal trafficking of organs and illegal adoptions among
other things.
"In 2005", said Garcia-Robles, "a study conducted by the OAS
revealed that transborder human trafficking exists in many
of the Caribbean member states and that many other countries
interconnected with the Caribbean are also affected as
source, transit or destination countries".
He revealed that although mainly a source region, the
Caribbean is also becoming a transit point for trafficking
women and men enroute to Asia, Europe or more economically
developed countries in the western hemisphere.
"Recent reports state that a number of Caribbean countries
favoured as tourist destinations are at the centre of a
growing sex tourism industry", stressed Garcia-Robles
This is an excerpt from
svgtoday
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